[cobirds] Fremont Cty - White-eyed Vireo, Yes - Field Sparrow, No

First of all, thanks a lot to Brandon Percival for his report on the White-eyed Vireo on the Canon City Riverwalk.

 

Jeanne and I had already planned to go to Canon City today, but because of Brandon's post we listened to several recordings of the vireo and the field sparrow. We never did see or hear the sparrow, but within a half-hour of parking by the Sells Pond, we clearly heard the  vireo in some thick bushes right off the riverwalk path. We only got a brief glimpse of the bird, but it was enough to make a positive ID along with the song.

 

Other Fremont County highlights:

 

Canon City: Yellow warblers, 4 swallow species

 

Holcim Wetlands: Ladderback Woodpecker, Common Yellowthroat

 

Brush Hollow: Common Loon (basic plumage), Cassin's Kingbirds, Western Kingbirds

 

Good birding, everyone!

 

Mel Goff

Colorado Springs